[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 76 (Friday, April 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23552-23553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09261]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP13-113-000; PF12-16-000]
Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP; Notice of Application
Take notice that on April 1, 2013, Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP
(Dominion Cove Point), 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia, filed
in Docket No. CP13-113-000 an application under section 3 of the
Natural Gas Act (NGA) seeking authorization to construct, modify, own
and operate certain facilities to enable the liquefaction of natural
gas for the export at its existing Cove Point LNG terminal in Calvert
County, Maryland. Additionally, pursuant to section 7 of the NGA,
Dominion Cove Point seeks authority to construct, install, own, operate
and maintain facilities on its Cove Point Pipeline at its existing
compressor station and metering and regulating (M&R) site in Fairfax
County, Virginia, and at its M&R site located in Loudon County,
Virginia, for the transportation of natural gas for customers of
Dominion Cove Point's LNG terminal, all as more fully set forth in the
application which is on file with the Commission and open to public
inspection. Copies of this filing are available for review at the
Commission in the Public Reference Room, or may be viewed on the
Commission's Web site web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary''
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact
FERC at [email protected] or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or
TTY, (202) 502-8659.
Questions regarding this application should be directed to Amanda
K. Prestage, Regulatory and Certificates Analyst III, Dominion
Transmission, Inc., 701 East Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, or
by telephone at 804-771-4416, or email at [email protected].
On June 26, 2012, the Commission staff granted Dominion Cove
Point's request to utilize the Pre-Filing Process and assigned Docket
No. PF12-16 to staff activities involved with Dominion Cove Point's
Liquefaction Project. Now, as of the filing of the application on April
1, 2013, the Pre-Filing Process for this project has ended. From this
time forward, this proceeding will be conducted in Docket No. CP13-113-
000, as noted in the caption of this Notice.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Commission's regulations, 18 CFR
157.9, within 90 days of this Notice, the Commission's staff will
either complete its environmental assessment (EA) and place it into the
Commission's public record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or issue a
Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. If a Notice of Schedule
for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission's staff issuance of
the EA for this proposal. The filing of the EA in the Commission's
public record for this proceeding or the issuance of a Notice of
Schedule for Environmental Review will serve to notify federal and
state agencies of the timing for the completion of all necessary
reviews, and the subsequent need to reach a final decision on a request
for federal authorization within 90 days of the date of issuance of the
Commission staff's EA.
There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of
this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by
becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, before the
comment date of this notice, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, a motion to
intervene in accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules
of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the
Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party
status will be placed on the service list maintained by the Secretary
of the Commission and will receive copies of all documents filed by the
applicant and by all other parties. A party must submit 14 copies of
filings made with the Commission
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and must mail a copy to the applicant and to every other party in the
proceeding. Only parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of
Commission orders in the proceeding.
However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have
comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with
the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and
two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project.
The Commission will consider these comments in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will
not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's
rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project
provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly
involved in the protest.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments,
protests, and interventions via the internet in lieu of paper. See 18
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web
site (www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link. Persons unable to file
electronically should submit an original and 5 copies of the protest or
intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 3, 2013.
Dated: April 12, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-09261 Filed 4-18-13; 8:45 am]
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